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fbre and inner fide feemed to be formed 

 of tlie coats of the artery, and the reft of 

 this and of the other fides to be formed of 

 mufcles, cellular membranes, aponeurofes, 

 &c. Part of the thigh-bone was bare 

 and carious, and Icveral of the mafcles 

 were flaccid, livid, and eroded. 



The part of the fide of the cavity 

 which appeared to be formed of the coats 

 of the artery was fnooth on its internal 

 farface, and continued from the uppec 

 opening of the crural artery into the fac 

 for about two inches down, till it came 

 to its lower orifice, which was fo cover- 

 ed with a membranous matter, formed of 

 the coagulable part of the blood, that it 

 was fome time before we could difcover 

 it. Upon opening the artery from this 

 part downwards, it was found to be fil- 

 led with a firm polypous fubflance for 

 fome inches, till where it funk behind 

 the addudor mufcle to get into the 

 Jiam. 



Th e crural and iliac artery above the 

 upper openmg into the f^c were in a na- 

 tural fiate. 



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